Study on temperature characteristics of organic light-emitting diodes based on tris-（8-hydroxylquinoline）-aluminum

Both single-layer and double-layer organic light-emitting devices based on tris-（8-hydroxylquino- line）-aluminum （AIq3） as emitter are fabricated by thermal vacuum deposition. The electroluminescent characteristica of these devices at various temperatures are measured, and the temperature characteristics of device performance are studied. The effect of temperature on device current conduction regime is analyzed in detail. The results show that the current-voltage （I-V） characteristics of devices are in good agreement with the theoretical prediction of trapped charge limited current （TCLC）. In addition, both the charge carrier mobility and charge carrier concentration in the organic layer increase with the rise of temperature, which results in the monotonous increase of AIq3 device current. The current conduction mechanisms of two devices at different temperatures are identical, but the exponent m in current-voltage equation changes randomly with temperature. The device luminance increases slightly and the efficiency decreases monotonously due to the aging of AIq3 luminescent properties caused by high temperature. A tiny blue shift can be observed in the electroluminescent （EL） spectra as the temperature increases, and the reduction of device monochromaticity is caused by the intrinsic characteristics of organic semiconductor energy levels.     

Study on Shrinkage of PEIT Fiber and Latent - crimp of PEIT/PET Conjugate Fiber

The shrinkage behavior of copoiyester fibers (PEIT) and the ' latent - crimp behavior of side - by - side PET/ PEIT composite fibers have been studied. It is shown that the shrinkage rate, the crimp ratio and the crimp rigidity of these fibers increase with the increasing isoph-thalate content of PEIT and the treatment temperature. The shrinkage in boiling water of the cold - drawn PEIT - A2 fiber appears to be higher than that of PEIT - A3. The shrinkage in dry air of the cold - drawn PEIT - A2 fiber is also higher than that of PEIT at temperature of 393 K or 413K, but lower at 453K. The crimp rigidity of the PET/PEIT - A: conjugate fiber appears to be obviously higher than that of the PET/PEIT - A, conjugate fiber. The mechanism of the shrinkage behavior related these fibers are discussed in detail.     

Changes in Structure and Properties of Soybean Protein/Poly （vinyl alcohol） Blended Fibers Subjected to Wet Heat Treatment

The properties of soybean protein/poly（vinyl alcohol） （SP/ PVA） blended fibers subjected to wet heat treatment in hot water were measured. The structure of fibers was investigated by scanning electron microscope （SEM）, Fourier transform infrared （FTIR） spectroscopy, wide-angle X-ray diffraction （WXD） and differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）. The results show that the wet heat treatment above 100℃ has a great influence on the properties and structure of SP/PVA blended fibers. After the wet heat treatment at high temperature, the fibers exhibit the severe shrinking and yellowing, the great decrease in breaking strength and adhesive aggregation. The fibers show a broader main X-ray diffraction peak with the disappearance of minor diffraction peaks, a double DSC melting behavior with the peak temperatures of 215 and 233℃, and a weaker intensity of crystallization-sensitive absorbance peak of PVA component at 1 142 cm^-1. Therefore it is concluded that the wet heat treatment above 100℃ leads to a change in the crystalline structure of fibers and the scission and degradation of PVA macromolecular chains.     

In Situ Measurement of the Undisturbed Ground Temperature for Ground Source Heat Pump System

The undisturbed ground temperatures are important for design of the ground heat exchangers in ground source heat pump （GSHP） systems. In this paper, the undisturbed ground temperatures measured in two different methods are presented. The investigation was carried out in two cases. The temperature measured with the direct method is assumed to give the correct undisturbed ground temperature profile. The temperature measured with indirect method overestimates the undisturbed ground temperature by 2.1℃ and 1.7~C. This difference is mainly caused by the circulation pump and ambient air to the fluid. Therefore, the results that are decreased about 2℃ as compared with the indirect measured are recommended to estimate the undisturbed ground temperature in situ measuring. A smaller pump or deeper borehole or mild weather would result in a more correct temperature. Because the undisturbed ground temperature is affected by many factors. Whether or not these conclusions are correct to other areas, this would need further investigation.     

Fabrication method and microstructural characteristics of coal-tar-pitch-based 2D carbon/carbon composites

The lignin-cellulosic texture of wood was used to produce two-dimensional (2D) carbon/carbon (C/C) composites using coal tar pitch. Ash content tests were conducted to select two samples among the different kinds of woods present in Iran, including walnut, white poplar, cherry, willow, buttonwood, apricots, berry, and blue wood. Walnut and white poplar with ash contents of 1.994wt% and 0.351wt%, respectively, were selected. The behavior of these woods during pyrolysis was investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermo gravimetric (TG) analysis. The bulk density and open porosity were measured after carbonization and densification. The microstructural characteristics of samples were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The results indicate that the density of both the walnut and white poplar is increased, and the open porosity is decreased with the increasing number of carbonization cycles. The XRD patterns of the wood charcoal change gradually with increasing pyrolysis temperature, possibly as a result of the ultra-structural changes in the charcoal or the presence of carbonized coal tar pitch in the composite's body.     

Computer controlled measurement of spontaneous combustion in coal stockpiles of the Western Lignite Corporation,Turkey

The spontaneous combustion event in coal stockpiles is inevitable when appropriate environmental conditions are available. The objective of a computerized measurement system is to measure temperature changes existing in a coal stockpile. In order to achieve this intention, the electrical signal conversion of temperatures sensed by 20 temperature sensors placed in certain points inside the coal stockpile, the transfer of these electrical signals into computer media by using analogue-digital conversion unit after applying necessary filterization and upgrading processes and the record of these information into a database in particular time intervals are provided. Afterwards, the diagrams of these time-temperature data are plotted. With the help of these graphs, the competent company will be able to examine the behavior of coal stockpiles in terms of spontaneous combustion and take necessary precautions against self-combustion beforehand.     

Evolution of carbides and carbon content in matrix of an ultra-high carbon sintered steel during heat treatment process

DTA, thermal expansion, XRD, and SEM were used to evaluate the effect of quenching temperature on the mechanical properties and microstructure of a novel sintered steel Fe-6Co-1Ni-5Cr-5Mo-1C. Lattice parameters and the mass fraction of carbon dissolved in the matrix of the steel quenched were investigated. It is discovered that the hardness of the steel increases with quenching temperature in the range of 840-900℃ and remains constant in the range of 900 to 1100℃. It decreases rapidly when the temperature is higher than 1100℃. The mass fraction of carbon dissolved in the matrix of the steel quenched at 840℃ is 0.38, but when the quenching temperature is increased to 1150℃, it increases to 0.98. The carbides formed during sintering are still present at grain boundaries and in the matrix of the steel quenched at low quenching temperatures, such as 840℃. When the quenching temperature is increased to 1150℃, most of the carbides at grain boundaries are dissolved with just a small amount of spherical M₂₃C₆ existing in the matrix of the quenched steel.     

Analysis of Pyrolysates for Polysulphoneamide Fiber by Py-GC/MS

Pyrolysis of polysulphoneamide fiber has been investigated using pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy at the different temperatures from 420℃ to 750℃. Its compositions of pyrolysates have been analyzed. At 420℃,pyrolysis of molecular chain could not completdy take place, 12 compounds of pyrolysis have only been identified. When the temperature increases, the compositions of pyrolysate increase sharply. Several compounds, especially sulfur dioxide, benzene, aniline, benzoic acid, 1,4-benzene dicaronitrile, N-phenyl-acetamide, diphenylamine, benzc[g] isoquinoline, N-phenyl-benzamide, hi-（ 4-cyanophenyl ）benzamide, could be formed. The degradation mechanisms which are determined by structure and amount of the thermal decomposition products are described. During pyrolysis, for polysulphoneamide, polymeric chain scissions take place as a successive removal of the monomer units from the polymeric chain. The chain scissions are followed by secondary reactions, which lead to a variety of compounds. Additional reactions can also take place during pyrolysis.     

Comparison of Effects of Different Organo-montmorillonites on PA 66/Clay Nanocomposites

Different organo-montmorillonites （OMMTs） are prepared by modifying montmorillonites （MMTs） with CTAB, PA 1010 salts/CTAB, PEG/CTAB, PVA/CTAB, PVP, PVP/ CTAB and PA 6/CTAB, respectively. These OMMTs were studied by X-ray diffraction and TG. The gallery sizes of them are all larger than that of sodium MMTs. And the decomposition temperatures of them are all much higher than that of MMT and the processing temperature of PA 66, especially OM - 6 and OM - 7, the decomposition temperatures of which are 451.6℃ and 439.1℃, almost the collapse temperature of the native MMT crystal lattice which is more than 5080C. Then PA 66/Clay nanocomposites were synthesized by mixing these OMMTs with PA 66 matrix via melt intercalation. Experimental results indicate that the tensile and flexural properties increase significantly, especially those of PCN - 08. The combination property of PCN- 08 is the best. TEaM photos show that some clay platelets are present in the matrix as exfollated layers, while most of the clay platelets are present as intercalated layers.     

Thermal cracking of n-octodecane and its geochemical significance

The mechanism of carbon isotopic fractionation for gaseous hydrocarbons is revealed by investigating the residual liquid hydrocarbons in laboratory pyrolysates of n-octodecane. The results indicate that cracking and polymerization in the relatively low temperatures and dispropor-tionation reactions leading to light hydrocarbons and pol-yaromatic hydrocarbons at high temperatures are probably causes for the carbon isotope reversal of gaseous hydrocarbons that is commonly observed in pyrolysis experiments. This study provides significant insight for quantitative modeling of natural gas δ13C values and aid in the identification and assessment of natural gases derived from oil cracking.     

The strain ampli tude-controlled cyclic fatigue behavior of Al2O3 fiber reinforced Al–Si alloy composite at elevated temperatures

The strain amplitude-controlled fatigue characteristics of an Al–Si casting alloy and itscomposite reinforced with 17 vol% Al₂O₃ fibers (Al–Si/Al₂O₃) are studied at three different temperatures. Both the alloy and the composite showed different degrees of cyclic softening at elevated temperatures. Increasing the temperature, fatigue damage of either the alloy or the composite occurred with varying mode from brittle fracture of silicon particles to their separation from the aluminum matrix. This is explained by the different thermal expansion coefficients of silicon particles and the aluminum matrix. The reinforcement Al₂O₃ fibers in the composite showed a similar damage behavior with those silicon particles despite temperature variation     

Anti-UV Capability of Rare Earth Doping TiO2

The sol-gel process is used in the preparation of nanostructure materials with Ti（OC4H9）4 as precursor in the start materials. TiO2 gelatin is obtained through hydrolysis and condensation process. Rare earth such as La2O3, CeO2, Eu2O3 and Gd2O3 are introduced into the nanostructure TiO2 to improve the anti-UV capacity. The phase structure of pure TiO2 and doped TiO2 and their anti- UV capacity are studied by means of XRD and UPF. The optimum doping and heat treatment temperature are chosen.     

Thermal properties study on the ablation materials of inorganic silicon compound from organosilicone in high percent conversion

The new type of silicone rubber prepared by organosilicon polymer containing special groups presents the tensile strength of 3.92 MPa and the elongation at break of 285%. Compared with Sylgard~184 sili-cone rubber (Dow Corning Corporation),it has better high temperature resistance and almost no weightlessness from room temperature to 430℃. Thermogravimetric analysis was conducted to re-search the thermal degradation at different temperatures and the heat pyrolysis products were trace determined by FT-IR. The results show that with the increase of temperature,the organic groups of products are gradually decomposed. Organosilicon rubber is gradually changed into the typical inor-ganic SiCO compounds in the process of pyrolysis. Elemental analysis and X-ray photoelectron spec-troscopy results show that the pyrolyzates are mainly composed of Si,C and O elements above 1050℃. X-ray diffraction analysis showes that partial β-SiC crystal structure is brought about gradually from the pyrolysis products at 1050℃ to 1500℃ under nitrogen atmosphere. With the treatment temperature rising,the crystallinity of SiC and cristobalite obviously increases.     

Research on Flax Fiber Reinforced Polylactide Environmental Friendly Composite

Biodegradable polylactide acid （PLA） resin can be combined with flax fibers to produce biodegradable composite materials. In our study, commercial PLA fibers were mixed with flax fibers by a non-woven method so as to make non- woven pre-forms, which can be generated into flax fiber reinforced PLA environmental friendly composites by heat pressing technology. The tensile, flexural and impact properties are tested in order to evaluate the basic physical properties of the composites, and the influenced factors listed as making technology of the pre-forms, weight ratio of flax fibers and heat pressing technology are discussed and optimized, which can be described as weight ratio of flax fibers and PLA fibers is 50/50, heating temperature, time and pressure are respectively 195℃, 20 rain and 12.5 Mpa. Preliminary results show that mechanical properties of the flax/PLA composites are quite promising compared with flax/PP composites in coclrnon commercial automotive use. Scanning electron microscope （SEM） is used to analyze the tensile specimen fracture surfaces, which shows voids and gaps occurring between flax fibers and PLA matrix and sign of fiber pull.out, the strength of flax/PLA interface can be further improved.     

Microstructure and properties of indium tin oxide thin films deposited by RF-magnetron sputtering

Tin-doped indium oxide （ITO） thin films were prepared using conventional radio frequency （RF） planar magnetron sputtering equipped with IR irradiation using a ceramic target of In2O3/SnO2 with a mass ratio of 1：1 at various IR irradiation temperatures T1 （from room temperature to 400 ℃ ）. The refractive index, deposited ratio, and resistivity are functions of the sputtering Ar gas pressure. The microstructure of ITO thin films is related to IR T are amorphous at the temperature ranging from 1, the crystalline seeds appear at T1 = 300℃, and the films 27 ℃ to 400 ℃.     

Blended Yarns of Modacrylic Fibers with Silk Protein

The fiber properties of modacrylic fibers with silk protein and spinning technology for blended knitting yarns are studied. By testing the fiber properties, fiber spinn-ability is analysed. Modacrylic fibers with silk protein are brittle and have poor cohesion, so the key to process modacrylic fibers with silk protein lies in forming lap and sliver. During opening and carding, low speed is used to decrease fiber damage and the proper static resistant oil is applied to eliminate lapping fibers. Besides, the temperature and relative humidity have to be strictly controlled. The applications of modacrylic fibers with silk protein are also put forward.     

First mass measurement of short-lived nuclides at HIRFL-CSR

Recent commissioning of the HIRFL-CSR has demonstrated its ability to perform direct mass measurement for short-lived nuclides. Projectile fragments produced by the 78Kr ions at 481.88 MeV/u were separated with the new radioactive beam line in Lanzhou （RIBLL2）, and injected into and stored in the experimental storage ring （CSRe）. By operating the CSRe as an isochronous mass spectrometry, a typical mass resolution around 2.0×10？5 has been achieved. The masses for 63Ge, 65As and 67Se were measured for the first time. The measured masses are compared with theoretical predictions and the location of the proton drip-line for As isotopes is discussed. The implication of the 65As mass in the astrophysical rapid proton capture process has also been addressed.     

Studies of the process of moisture exchange across a membrane using irreversible thermodynamics

On the basis of non-equilibrium thermodynamic theory,the coupling phenomena of heat and mass transfer during the process of moisture exchange across a membrane were studied and the relevant physical and mathematical models were established.Formulae for calculating the four characteristic parameters included in the non-equilibrium thermodynamic model were derived,and the dependences of these parameters on the temperatures and concentrations on the two sides of the membrane were analyzed,providing a basis for calculating the heat and mass fluxes.The effects of temperature and concentration differences between the two sides of membrane and the membrane average temperature on the transmembrane mass and heat fluxes were investigated.The results show that for a given membrane average temperature,a larger concentration difference or a smaller temperature difference leads to a higher mass flux.For fixed concentration and temperature differences and with the mass flux predominantly caused by the concentration difference,a higher membrane average temperature yields a higher mass flux.The ratio of the heat of sorption induced by mass flow to total heat relates not only to the temperature and concentration differences between the two sides of membrane but also to the membrane average temperature and the ratio increases when the temperature difference is reduced.     

Characterization of impurities in the bulk drug lisinopril by liquid chromatography/ion trap spectrometry

Two trace impurities in the bulk drug lisinopril were detected by means of high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry （HPLC/MS） with a simple and sensitive method suitable for HPLC/MSn analysis. The fragmentation behavior of lisinopfil and the impurities was investigated, and two unknown impurities were elucidated as 2-（6-amino- l-（l-carboxyethylamino）- l-oxohexan-2-ylamino）-4-phenylbutanoic acid and 6-amino-2-（l-carboxy-3-phenylpropylamino）-hexanoic acid on the basis of the multi-stage mass spectrometry and exact mass evidence, The proposed structures of the two unknown impurities were further confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance （NMR） experiments after preparative isolation.     

Production and characterization of ZnO nanoparticles and porous particles by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis using a zinc nitrate precursor

ZnO nanoparticles and porous particles were produced by an ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method using a zinc nitrate precursor at various temperatures under air atmosphere. The effects of reaction temperature on the size and morphology of ZnO particles were investigated. The samples were characterized by energy dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. ZnO particles were obtained in a hexagonal crystal structure and the crystallite shapes changed from spherical to hexagonal by elevating the reaction temperature. The crystallite size grew by increasing the temperature, in spite of reducing the residence time in the heated zone. ZnO nanoparticles were obtained at the lowest reaction temperature and ZnO porous particles, formed by aggregation of ZnO nanoparticles due to effective sintering, were prepared at higher temperatures. The results showed that the properties of ZnO particles can be controlled by changing the reaction temperature in the ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method.